Houston area, it’s snowing, we are all going to die…..
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Originally posted by P250UA5:
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Originally posted by StorminNormin:
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Originally posted by 12131: image snipped
Is that just a weird lighting effect or do you have a house behind you painted like a candy cane?
Maybe taken through a window screen?
US Flag? Kinda looks like the red and white stripes, maybe the stars on on the other side
January 21, 2025, 11:02 AM
smschulz
Going to make a pot of bad ass Texas Chilli today, seems perfect timing. My dog (Boxer) surprisingly loves the snow.
January 21, 2025, 11:08 AM
229DAK
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Hope y'all got to the store to load up on bread, milk and eggs.
Skip the eggs - they've gotten too expensive. Buy beer.
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January 21, 2025, 11:09 AM
P250UA5
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Originally posted by smschulz: Going to make a pot of bad ass Texas Chilli today, seems perfect timing. My dog (Boxer) surprisingly loves the snow.
Chicken tortelloni soup on deck for tonight, with some freshly made sourdough which is in the oven right now. We meal plan/grocery shop a week out, so this was already on the plan for this week.
The Enemy's gate is down.
January 21, 2025, 11:21 AM
Sig2340
Have you started reading The Donner Party Cookbook?
Nice is overrated
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January 21, 2025, 11:23 AM
jhe888
We got two or three inches. It looks pretty.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
January 21, 2025, 12:25 PM
P250UA5
Dirty snowman, lots of leaves & pinestraw in the yard as we rolled him up. Lasted about 15 minutes before it fell over
The Enemy's gate is down.
January 21, 2025, 12:27 PM
navyshooter
Snowing in Pensacola now. 26° wind chill is 12° BRRRRR.
"Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.”
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January 21, 2025, 12:29 PM
Prefontaine
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Originally posted by Fredward: Hope y'all got to the store to load up on bread, milk and eggs. That's what we do in KY.
Not how we are supposed to do it here in TX. This kind of thing lasts a few days and the idiot hoarders do exactly how you said so many people don’t have any bread, nor milk or eggs. Most of that stuff the hoarders buy ends up in a landfill. It’s just a stupid practice. Buy what you need instead of hoarding. It’s going to last a whole 4-5 days. That length of time doesn’t warrant hoarding anything.
What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone
January 21, 2025, 12:46 PM
gjgalligan
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Originally posted by P250UA5:
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Originally posted by gjgalligan: You por folks down there will really be hurting if you ever get a for real snow storm. You know, like 6 to 48 inches.
Different when you don't really have the infrastructure in place to deal with it. Coworker said the last really major winter storm was in something like 1836, Houston got around 30" of snow. 2" is pretty significant & out of the ordinary for the majority of people here. To make it worse, those that do decide to venture out in it, drive the same as they do in the rain, not accounting for the further reduced traction on the roads.
You don't need infrastructure. Just sit tight and it will warm up in day or two and melt it all. To many people think they need to be on the roadways when they don't really need to be. Same problem we have up here in the north country.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when nobody is looking.
January 21, 2025, 12:54 PM
P250UA5
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Originally posted by gjgalligan:
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Originally posted by P250UA5:
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Originally posted by gjgalligan: You por folks down there will really be hurting if you ever get a for real snow storm. You know, like 6 to 48 inches.
Different when you don't really have the infrastructure in place to deal with it. Coworker said the last really major winter storm was in something like 1836, Houston got around 30" of snow. 2" is pretty significant & out of the ordinary for the majority of people here. To make it worse, those that do decide to venture out in it, drive the same as they do in the rain, not accounting for the further reduced traction on the roads.
You don't need infrastructure. Just sit tight and it will warm up in day or two and melt it all. To many people think they need to be on the roadways when they don't really need to be. Same problem we have up here in the north country.
Exactly, if only the majority thought that way. Have only left the house to let the girls play in the snow. Have no intention of getting in the car until Thursday morning at the earliest, barring any emergency.
The Enemy's gate is down.
January 21, 2025, 01:41 PM
TMats
Got a friend in the San Antonio area. Snow and ice there too. When I talked to him this morning, he was hauling some pigs, helping out on a 4-H project. Driving around the area on nearly empty roads, “It’s awesome!” he said.
I never quite understood. Elderly librarians have 4-wheel or AWD now, exercise common sense with acceleration and braking, and you’re home free.
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January 21, 2025, 01:44 PM
Jupiter
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Originally posted by tatortodd: It's been a while since we had snow in the northern suburbs of Houston. Not real fond of what the arctic blast brought with it
Polar Bear included. DAMN!!!
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January 21, 2025, 01:52 PM
HRK
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Originally posted by P250UA5: Have no intention of getting in the car until Thursday morning at the earliest, barring any emergency.
I dunno, a sporty car, empty parking lot, some slippery tires, and a manual E brake make for a bit of fun in the afternoon.....
January 21, 2025, 02:42 PM
YooperSigs
Beautiful sunny day here in the Yoop. 4 below zero.
End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
January 21, 2025, 02:54 PM
StorminNormin
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Originally posted by 12131:
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Originally posted by StorminNormin:
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Originally posted by 12131: [IMG][/IMG]
Is that just a weird lighting effect or do you have a house behind you painted like a candy cane?
Too much focusing on the epic snow, I didn't even notice it, until you pointed it out, and I had to go outside again to check it out. Just weird lighting effect. Lol.
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Originally posted by P250UA5: Maybe taken through a window screen?
Taken outside.
I was going to say that I thought I had seen it all when the owner of a house a few streets away from me painted his ENTIRE house the color of Pepto Bismol. We are talking the entire house, roof shingles, driveway, etc. Ugliest thing ever.
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January 21, 2025, 02:57 PM
TigerDore
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Originally posted by YooperSigs: Beautiful sunny day here in the Yoop. 4 below zero.
Time for a true Michigander to roll down his sleeves.
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January 21, 2025, 02:58 PM
BigSwede
Whoop Whoop. Day off for me tomorrow, won't get above freezing until tomorrow afternoon
January 21, 2025, 03:21 PM
snwghst
Over 6” at my house on the street. Difficult to know exactly how much really fell. Winds have been steady 30 with gusts to close to 50 so everything at my house is drifted
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January 21, 2025, 06:55 PM
Scuba Steve Sig
Central Iowa has received a total of 3" across two systems for this winter so far. This is crazy. We did have -15 F actual this morning with windchills around -30 though.
